Today I interviewed my Tia Maria, she is my mothers aunt who is 89 years old. Maria lives in old San Juan Puerto Rico with her daughter Suky. She has lived on the island all of her life. I had the privilege to interview her and learn some great facts about her life and listen to a couple of great stories about her good old days on the shorelines of Puerto Rico. I was pretty impressed on how they lived and how much they depended on the land for substance and gain.
I chose Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton to be my confirmation saint. She became the first native born American saint in 1975. I believe that she influenced everyone around her, and that’s what I hope to do. Elizabeth Ann Bayley was born in New York in 1774 to a wealthy family. When she was just three years old, her mother died.
Mary Jemison was one of many white captives who lived a full and happy life with her indian captors. The day Mary Jemison was taken by the indians started out like any other day. A friend of her father’s needed to borrow a horse in order to carry a bag of grain to the Jemison’s house. The friend had also taken a gun with him in case he saw any game fit for killing. The Jemison’s heard gunshots coming from nearby outside and quickly became alarmed.
Teresa mentions, “When I was about ten my mother got real sick. That summer, instead of sleeping downstairs in my mother’s room when my mother wasn’t there, one of the kids was gone away to college, so it was just Rosalyn, David and myself that were home” (Romero 2). When Teresa obtained a room upstairs, she was essentially taking on the role of an insider of the family. By sleeping upstairs with
Susan B. Anthony (Susan Brownell Anthony) Susan B. Anthony was a prominent feminist author who started the movement of women’s suffrage and she was also the president of the National American Women Suffrage Association. Anthony was in favor of abolitionism as she was a fierce activist in the anti-slavery movement before the civil war. Susan Anthony was born on February 15, 1820, in Adams, Massachusetts, and before becoming a famous feminist figure, she worked as a teacher. Anthony grew up in a Quaker family that made her spend her time working on social causes. And her father was an owner of a local cotton mill.
Dorothea’s childhood was a very important part of her life, it somewhat shaped who she was overall as a person. Dorothea was born in Hampden Maine on April 4th 1802. Both of her parents suffered from depression and her father was an alcoholic who was hardly ever around. However when he rarely was around he began to teach Dorothea how to read and write. She soon realized that she had a passion for learning.
Selena's childhood was very busy since she was always practicing music. She was born April 16, 1971 in Lake Jackson, TX. She and her siblings were forced to practice music from a young age in a group her father formed called Selena en Los Dinos. Their first performance was at the Quintanilla restaurant, owned by her father. She never got much attention in the beginning of her career because she was singing a genre that was mainly performed by men.
There are many different types of gangs all around the world. I 've found out that they have street gangs, prison gangs,car clubs, and also biker gangs too. But the most dangerous gang in the world is Mara Salvatrucha. This gang is better known as MS-13. This is the most deadliest gang in the world.
Saint Cecilia was believed to be born during the 2nd or 3rd century AD, but it is unknown the date of her actual birth. She has been claimed to be a daughter of a rich Roman family, which meant that she was Christian from birth. When she was young, she was promised to marry a pagan named Valerian. Despite this promise, she vowed to stay pure to God, and disclosed this vow to her husband when they married. She told him of an angel that watches over her and guards her purity.
Sophia Mendez is a 34 year old married female, born female. She was born in San Antonio, Chile and later migrated to the United States when she was a young girl about the age of 16 with members of her family in order to gain more educational and economic opportunity. Sophia does not currently work, but she is mainly a stay-at-home mom, caring for her and her husband’s three children. Sophia does attend classes at a near-by college. They live in a home that in which Sophia, her husband, and three children reside.
Susan B. Anthony felt that “ everyone deserved to have equal rights racially, within gender, and even educational equality” (Salam). Anthony played a tremendous role in the Women's Activist Movement, which meant that she devoted her life to working on getting women the right to vote and feel equal. Anthony began her journey to get the 19th amendment ratified in 1852. Anthony organized rallies to help get her point across that everyone should be treated the same. Susan B. Anthony was a woman who set the pathway for women’s rights activist and for a big change in society and around the world even to this day.
Religious and Spiritual Experience Assignment Biography Joan of Arc was born in 1412 in Domremy France. Her father Jacques d’ Arc and mother Isabelle were poor farmers, so Joan would have grown up with daily responsibilities. Her mother also taught her to become a talented seamstress.
A Rube Goldberg machine is a complicated machine built to do a simple task. This type of machine was invented in the early 1940’s by Rube Goldberg. Rube Goldberg machines are made by combining various simple machines. The three simple machines that I will b using are inclined plane(s), lever(s), and when and axle(s). Inclined planes are very commonly used simple machines and consist simply of a flat, sloping surface.
She was born to an extremely religious family in Domremy, France. She did not go to school but was taught to be extremely devout. Joan was especially good at spinning, an activity that was quite common in the mid 15th century, and is said to have been a fast runner. She loved going to church and
Born in Bethlehem from Eliud and Ismeria, Saint Anne came into this world. However, there is no specific date of when she was born. When Saint Anne became four, her parent took her to live at a temple for twelve years. Then at age sixteen, she returned home to her mother and father. Unfortunately, Saint Anne’s mother, Ismeria, became ill around one year after Saint Anne’s return.
